Phoenix Girl

<p>After Michelle emigrates to the U.S. from the tight-knit ethnic Chinese enclave in Incheon South Korea she must adapt quickly to survive. With a dominant impulsive father in charge-who protects the family from everyone but himself-and a mother who never finds her power Michelle craves safety and security. </p><p></p><p>Like tumbleweeds Michelle and her family bump across the country in a Ford Dixie van before settling in Phoenix Arizona. Working at their family-owned Chinese takeout restaurant by age 12 Michelle drowns in pressures beyond her age. </p><p></p><p>Ultimately Michelle finds love not only the romantic kind but an enduring self-love which allows her to heal to never give up and to thrive while successfully managing what later becomes a bipolar 1 diagnosis.</p>